Back to episode — Episode 846 Scott Adams - Which Presidential Candidate Might Survive to Election Day, Social Distance
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All right, see what else we got here. Well looks like Russia is trying to attack the United States with oil prices. So I'm learning a little bit more about this situation. So if you're not up on it it goes like this. Every country that produces oil produces it at a different cost, partly because of the technology they use and partly because of how they're getting the oil. So it's expensive to get…
← Previous segment →Gavin Newsom did something that shocked and amazed me yesterday. The governor of California, much maligned, much criticized governor. And you know for context there are people like me who've been saying critical things about the homeless situation and nuclear energy and some other things. But with this coronavirus stuff he was giving a press conference, Gavin Newsom was, and he was asked whether President Trump and the administration are helping him. And he gave an unabashedly positive response and essentially said everything that we've asked them for, everything they promised, they did. Which is a big thing to say in politics. It was very clearly supportive of the administration's efforts on coronavirus. And it wasn't a hedged, you know it would be easy for a politician to say well you know for once they're doing something right, you know to kind of hedge it. Or to say you know well we're not getting everything we want to keep the pressure on but we're getting a lot. That would have been easy to say but he didn't. He didn't. Gavin Newsom stood in front of the world and he said that the federal government is absolutely doing everything he needs, everything he's asked for. And I thought to myself that's some good leadership there. Okay I like to play fair, you know, because I've criticized this guy quite a bit. I'm not sure he needs to be our governor much longer. But this was really strong leadership. That was exactly what I wanted to see him say to make me feel the way I needed to feel and do the things I need to do. He made me feel that the government is effective. And I'm sure that there must be tons of little hiccups and problems and they don't, you think that the reality is that things never move as smoothly as the politicians say when they say things are good. Well but just for him to come out and give this little bit of positive reinforcement that the government and the state is working well together was powerful. It was useful. It was right. It was good for the country. It was not political. It was pure leadership. And I appreciated it. So thank you Gavin Newsom. Great job.
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There's some bunch of free technology platforms for people who are going to work at home. So you've seen, and again this is beautiful and inspiring to watch, that the country, the United States, the citizens are just sort of jumping in and saying what can I do. And you're seeing the tech companies do this. And I tweeted around a list of technology platforms that are good for working at home like D…
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